Project Info:

1 Courtesan - Silver Button
3 Yards Metallic Gray 1.0mm Indian Leather
1 Spool Gunmetal Micro C-Lon
1 Spool Sable Regular C-Lon
1 Tube Picasso Smokey Black Matte 8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
1 Tube Matte Metallic Gray 8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
1 Tube Matte Metallic Dark Raspberry 8/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
1 Tube Matte Zinc Plate 8/0 Metal Seed Beads
1 Tube Dyed Rustic Grey 6/0 Miyuki Seed Beads
1 Tube Matte Metallic Silver Grey Tila Beads
1 Tube Galvanized Grey Luster Tila Beads
Antique Chrome Chexx Beads are no longer available, we suggest using a third color of Tilas or Half Tilas instead
1 Pkg. Pony Express - Antique Silver
2 Feet Wheat Chain - Silver Black (two lengths of 12 inches)
1 Tube GS Hypo Cement
1 Pkg. Collapsible Eye Needles

Level: Intermediate

Estimated time: Weekend Project

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By Janice Parsons

Living in San Francisco is special in many ways, including the views and memories I have of the Golden Gate Bridge. The rolling fog, the grey, choppy water and that special burnt orange of the bridge have all been indelibly fixed in my mind. I hope I have captured the mood and spirit of this most iconic of cities in this 5 wrap design. Following fairly closely the design laid out in Color Study: Picasso Turquoise, this charcoal bracelet finds its own voice, as so often happens with beading. Each section has a map below to help guide you and a link to the corresponding PDF from the original Color Study: Picasso Turquoise Green. The techniques of macramé and laddering are covered in our video, Stackable Ladder Bracelet by Brittany Ketcham and we recommend you watch it if you are new to laddering.

How to Secure a Project to a Board
How to Ladder
How to Macramé
How to Add Thread to a Laddering Project
How to Singe Cord Using a Thread Zap

Charcoal

Courtesan- Silver

Metallic Gray- 1.0mm Indian Leather by the Yard

Gunmetal- Micro C-Lon

Sable- Regular C-Lon

8-4511 Picasso Smokey Black Matte

8-2002 Matte Metallic Silver Gray

8-2005 Matte Metallic Dark Raspberry Iris

8/0 Metal Seed Beads - Matte Zinc Plate

6-650- Dyed Grey S/L Alabaster 6/0

TL2002 Matte Metallic Silver Grey

TL1865 Galvanized Grey Luster

Pony Express Beads- Silver

Beadalon Collapsible Eye Needles, Heavy- 4 Pack

Project Tray Inserts

Quantity

$10.25 USD

Color

GS Hypo Cement

Eurotool Ultra Flush Cutter

Old Fashioned Beeswax

Project Map

Color Study in Charcoal follows a similar path as Color Study: Picasso Turquoise Green. Always begin with the end bracelet measurement in mind, but as you work, you can shorten or extend any section you want. In Color Study: Charcoal, I decided to add more of Part One later on in the design. When I created the original Color Study in Picasso Turquoise Green, I regretted that I hadn’t repeated it again. So, in Charcoal, I shortened the Wheat Chain section (the last part), so I could add a smaller portion of Part One again in my design.

A wide range of grey beads were used to try and mimic the rolling bank of fog that comes in from the ocean almost every night to blanket the city. Most of San Francisco, including the Golden Gate Bridge, becomes lost in a sea of thick grey fog. I snuck in the matte metallic dark raspberry size 8/0 to mimic the towers of the bridge peeking through the fog.